2011 International Spinach Conference Presentations

Session I

Overview of spinach production in the European Union – Jan de Visser_Part1

Overview of spinach production in the European Union – Jan de Visser_Part2

Overview of spinach production in the European Union – Jan de Visser_Part3

Overview of spinach production in Japan – Margaret Savage

Evolution of the fresh market spinach industry in California – Jay Schafer

Current production and disease management in spinach in California – Steve Koike

Downy mildew of spinach – are we making progress – Jim Correll

The role of the International Working Group on Peronospora (IWGP) – Jan Dijkstra

Spinach variety research at Naktuinbouw – Diederik Smilde

Session II

The CGN spinach collection: overview and recent collecting expeditions – Chris Kik

Can Denmark keep the position as the biggest spinach seed producer in the world – Henning van Veldhuizen

Selecting a spinach seed health assay for Verticillium: Results of an ISHI ring test – Lindsey du Toit

ThermoSeed- Seed Disinfection Technology – proof of concept – Victor Sanchez-Sava

Details on the spinach BAC library as a resource – Chunda Feng

Integrated assessment of agronomic management practices, environment, and supply-chain risk factors on quality and safety of fresh spinach – TV Suslow

Session III

The arduous pathway to a Section 18 – Dale Krolikowski

Evolution of insect management on spinach produced in the Arkansas River Valley – Paul McLeod

Evaluation of fungicides for the development of an effective spinach white rust control system – Larry Stein

Biology and management of spinach anthracnose – John Damicone_Part1

Biology and management of spinach anthracnose – John Damicone_Part2

Biology and management of spinach anthracnose – John Damicone_Part3

Posters

Screening compounds for pre-emergence weed control in spinach – Lynn Brandenberger

Hybrid spinach seed yield optimization – Ab Aarnoudse

Conventional fungicide treatment controls both conidiophores and microsclerotia of Verticillium dahliae – Yim So

Two viruses associated with a new disease of spinach in Greece – Ioannis Tzanetakis

Effects of soil fumigation and seed treatments on seed transmission of Verticillium in spinach – Lindsey du Toit

Pathogenicity, virulence, and molecular characterization of Verticillium species from spinach and other hosts – Jim Correll

Characterization of new races and novel strains of the spinach downy mildew pathogen Peronospora farinose f. sp. spinaciae – Chunda Feng